Leif Erickson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-10-27 (75 years old)

Deathday

1986-01-29

Place of Birth

Alameda, California, USA

Leif Erickson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leif Erickson (born William Wycliffe Anderson) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Erickson was born in Alameda, California, near San Francisco. He worked as a soloist in a band as vocalist and trombone player, performed in Max Reinhardt's productions, and then gained a small amount of stage experience in a comedy vaudeville act. Initially billed by Paramount Pictures as Glenn Erickson, he began his screen career as a leading man in Westerns. Erickson enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II. Rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit,...

Acting

1964

Roustabout

as Joe Lean

1954

1953

Invaders from Mars

as Mr. George MacLean

1937

Conquest

as Paul Lachinski

1948

1947

The Gangster

as Beaumont

1956

1951

The Tall Target

as Stranger

1965

I Saw What You Did

as Dave Mannering

1953

Trouble Along the Way

as Father Provincial aka Ed

1964

Strait-Jacket

as Bill Cutler

1949

1942

Arabian Nights

as Kamar (as Leif Erikson)

1952

The Cimarron Kid

as Marshal John Sutton

1947

Blonde Savage

as Steve Blake

1950

Three Secrets

as Bill Chase

1948

Joan of Arc

as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans

1948

The Snake Pit

as Gordon

1956

Tea and Sympathy

as Bill Reynolds

1948

The Gay Intruders

as Dr. Harold Matson

1952

With a Song in My Heart

as General aboard plane

1942

1957

Kiss Them for Me

as Eddie Turnbill

1965

Mirage

as The Major

1949

1937

Waikiki Wedding

as Dr. Victor Quimby

1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Ralph Whittaker - CIA Director

1936

Drift Fence

as Curley Prentice

1941

Nothing But the Truth

as Tommy Van Dusen

1942

Night Monster

as Laurie

1953

Never Wave at a WAC

as Sgt. Norbert 'Noisy' Jackson

1963

A Gathering of Eagles

as Gen. Hewitt

1972

1971

Man and Boy

as Sheriff Mossman

1956

Star in the Dust

as George Ballard

1950

Dallas

as U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby

1975

Winterhawk

as Guthrie

1953

1957

Istanbul

as Charlie Boyle

1936

Desert Gold

as Glenn Kasedon

1950

Stella

as Fred Anderson Jr.

1939

One Third of a Nation

as Peter Cortlant

1950

Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Dr. Bruce Gordon

1952

My Wife's Best Friend

as Nicholas Reed

1972

The New Healers

as Dr. Victor Briggs

1971

The Deadly Dream

as Dr. Harold Malcolm

1957

The Vintage

as Louis Morel

1953

Paris Model

as Edgar Blevins

1971

Terror in the Sky

as Marty Treleavan

1936

College Holiday

as Dick Winters

1937

Thrill of a Lifetime

as Howard Nelson

1942

1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Rodney 'Bo-Jo' Brown

1939

Crisis

as Narrator (voice)

1964

The Carpetbaggers

as Jonas Cord Senior

1948

1951

Show Boat

as Pete

1953

Born to the Saddle

as Bob Marshall

1953

Fort Algiers

as Kalmani

1950

The Showdown

as Big Mart

1951

Fourteen Hours

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1938

Ride a Crooked Mile

as Johnny Simpkins

1958

Once Upon a Horse...

as Granville "Granny" Dix

1942

Eagle Squadron

as Johnny M. Coe

1941

The Blonde from Singapore

as Terry Prescott

1942

1975

Abduction

as Prescott

1952

Sailor Beware

as Commander Lane

1975

Force Five

as Cal Newkirk

1936

Girl of the Ozarks

as Tom Bolton

1962

Shootout at Big Sag

as Sam Barbee

1958

Twilight for the Gods

as Harry Hutton

1951

Reunion in Reno

as B. Frederick Linaker

1972

The Family Rico

as Mike Lamont

1935

Nevada

as Bill Ide

1952

1977

The Fantastic Journey

as Ben Wallace

1933

Air Tonic

as Band Singer

© All Rights Reserved 2025